Three video editing software discounts are live as of October 24, 2026, and none of them is a Black Friday sale yet. Blackmagic Design has DaVinci Resolve Studio at $236 on blackmagicdesign.com, 20% off the $295 list, in a sale RedShark reported on October 20 as running through November 20. Adobe is running 50% off Creative Cloud Pro for the first three months, $34.99 a month and then $69.99, for new subscribers only. Topaz Labs has Topaz Studio at $199.50 for the first year against a $399 list under a “limited time” banner. Black Friday is Friday, November 27, and Cyber Monday is November 30.
This page lists each vendor’s price today and what it did in November 2024 and 2025, with the dates those windows opened and closed. Vendors we are not affiliated with appear with last year’s pattern and no link. From November 20 the deal tracker below gets a dated line for every price we read. Hardware is on the Black Friday deals for video editors page, with the cards that run these applications on Black Friday GPU deals for video editors.
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TLDR
DaVinci Resolve Studio is $236 today, 20% off $295, reported to run through November 20. Blackmagic has not historically discounted Studio for Black Friday, so this is the window.
Adobe’s live promotion is three months at 50% on Creative Cloud Pro. The Black Friday shape in 2023, 2024 and 2025 was 50% off the first year, new subscribers only, opening about two weeks before Black Friday. Expect roughly November 12 or 13.
Topaz Studio is 50% off the first year now, $199.50. In 2025 Topaz ran 43% off Studio from November 18 to December 3 and 15% off single apps.
Final Cut Pro is $299.99 one time, or $12.99 a month or $129 a year inside Apple Creator Studio. Apple does not discount it.
What is live today
| Software | Price on October 24, 2026 | Promotion live now | Black Friday 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Creative Cloud Pro | $69.99/mo, annual billed monthly | $34.99/mo for 3 months, new subscribers | 50% off first year, Nov 13 to 28 |
| Adobe Premiere Pro (single app) | $22.99/mo | None | Not discounted (2024 and 2025) |
| After Effects (single app) | $22.99/mo | None | Not discounted (2024 and 2025) |
| DaVinci Resolve Studio | $236 (list $295) | 20% off, reported through Nov 20 | No Blackmagic discount; resellers about 20% |
| Topaz Studio | $399/yr | $199.50 first year, “limited time” | 43% off, Nov 18 to Dec 3 |
| Topaz Video | $59/mo | None | 15% off single apps |
| Final Cut Pro | $299.99 one time | None | None |
| Apple Creator Studio | $12.99/mo or $129/yr | 30-day trial, new subscribers | Not offered until January 2026 |
Adobe
Creative Cloud Pro is US$69.99 a month on the annual plan billed monthly, as read on adobe.com’s plans page on October 24. The banner on that page reads: “Save 50%. Pay US$34.99/mo for the first 3 months and US$69.99/mo after that. New subscribers only.” On a 12-month commitment that is three months at $34.99 and nine at $69.99, $734.88 for the first year against $839.88 at list. A Black Friday window of the 2023 to 2025 shape halves all twelve months.
In 2023 Adobe ran 50% off the All Apps plan for the first year, with student pricing cut by about 70%, closing in the last week of November. In 2024 the All Apps plan was 50% off from about November 15 to 29, and the single apps were not discounted. In 2025 the plan had been renamed Creative Cloud Pro and the offer was 50% off the first year from November 13 to 28, new subscribers only, renewing at full price. All three windows opened about two weeks before Black Friday, which puts the 2026 opening at around November 12 or 13.
Premiere Pro as a single app is US$22.99 a month on the annual plan, and After Effects is the same $22.99. Neither carried a discount in November 2024, and the 2025 window was on the Pro plan only. Two single apps are $45.98 a month all year, between a half-price Pro month and a full-price one, which is the number to hold against whatever Adobe posts in mid-November. The case for Premiere against the free alternative is on Premiere Pro vs DaVinci Resolve.
DaVinci Resolve Studio
DaVinci Resolve Studio is $236 on the Blackmagic Design product page as of October 24, with a “Save 20%” badge against the $295 list and no end date on the page. RedShark reported on October 20 that the sale runs through Friday, November 20. The current build is 21.1.1. The license is perpetual, one payment with no subscription, and Blackmagic has not charged for a major-version upgrade to date.
Blackmagic itself has not historically discounted Studio for Black Friday. The November cuts of 2024 and 2025 came from resellers at about 20%, the same size as today’s direct price. If the November 20 end date holds, the price returns to $295 one week before Black Friday, so the sale that is live is the Black Friday price, five weeks early. What the $295 adds over the free version is on Is DaVinci Resolve Free?.
Topaz
The Topaz Labs pricing page on October 24 carries a banner reading “Limited time offer, save up to 50%.” Topaz Studio lists at $399 a year and is $199.50 for the first year under the offer. Topaz Video on its own is $59 a month. Topaz Studio Pro is $75 a month, billed monthly for 12 months. The banner states no end date, and the second year of Studio bills at list unless Topaz says otherwise at checkout.
In 2025 Topaz ran 43% off Studio from November 18 to December 3 and 15% off single apps. The offer live today is larger than last November’s on Studio, so the line to watch from November 18 is whether the first-year number drops below $199.50 or holds.
Plugins and tools
iZotope RX has gone on sale each November through Toolfarm; Toolfarm’s 2025 Black Friday roundup listed iZotope at up to 60% off. Toolfarm’s sale pages open in the week of Black Friday.
Neat Video ran 15% off in November 2023, the last Black Friday cut on record for it, and sells through Toolfarm as well. The license is perpetual per host application, so the 15% is the whole of the saving.
Maxon does not run a Black Friday sale on Maxon One or Red Giant; its sale is in June, and the 2026 edition was 40% off from June 22 to 28. Red Giant sells through Toolfarm, which does run Black Friday pricing on the plugins it carries, so the Toolfarm line is the one to check.
Three plugin vendors we are not affiliated with, listed by last year’s pattern and no current price: Boris FX ran 25% off everything from November 24 to 30, 2025. MotionVFX ran 50% off packs and up to 33% off plugins through Cyber Monday 2025, after 30% across the store in 2024. FilmConvert ran 40% off in 2025 with a further 10% code on top.
Final Cut Pro and the ones that never go on sale
Final Cut Pro is $299.99 one time on the Mac App Store as of October 24. Apple’s own page says Final Cut Pro “is included in your subscription to Apple Creator Studio,” the bundle with Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor and MainStage, with a 30-day free trial and the line “New subscribers only. Plan renews at $12.99/month or $129/year.” The one-time purchase remains on the App Store alongside it. Apple does not discount Final Cut Pro, and 2024 and 2025 had no Black Friday price on it. At $129 a year the subscription passes the one-time price during the third year. The comparison with the free NLE is on Final Cut Pro vs DaVinci Resolve.
Music and voice
Artlist ran up to 40% off plus two free months on annual plans from November 12, 2025. Epidemic Sound keeps a standing 50% off yearly plans against the monthly price and added nothing for Black Friday 2025. Neither is linked here.
ElevenLabs ran its 2025 Black Friday as a $1 first month on Starter, 50% off the first month of Creator, and two months free on annual plans; its current prices were not checked for this page. Descript ran 1,000 bonus credits and 10 extra hours of transcription on annual plans through December 1, 2025, and is unlinked.
Deal tracker
Every line carries the date it was read on the vendor’s page. The list is updated through Cyber Monday, November 30.
- October 24: DaVinci Resolve Studio $236 on blackmagicdesign.com, 20% off $295, reported to run through November 20.
- October 24: Adobe Creative Cloud Pro 50% off the first three months, $34.99 a month then $69.99, new subscribers only.
- October 24: Topaz Studio $199.50 for the first year, list $399, “limited time” with no end date posted.
- November 12 to 13, expected: Adobe’s Black Friday window, checked daily from November 10. Toolfarm, Topaz and the plugin vendors are read each morning from November 20.
FAQ
Do existing Adobe subscribers get the Black Friday price?
No. The 2023, 2024 and 2025 windows and the three-month promotion live today all carry Adobe’s “new subscribers only” line, and a current plan renews at its own rate. The two routes open to a current subscriber are a student or teacher plan where the buyer qualifies, and a plan change to the $22.99 single app for Premiere Pro.
Subscription or perpetual license?
Two of the four NLEs on this page are one payment: Resolve Studio at $236 today and Final Cut Pro at $299.99. Creative Cloud Pro is subscription only at $839.88 a year at list, and Topaz Studio is a yearly plan. A subscription discount applies to the first year only, and the renewal rate is the number to budget.
When does Adobe’s Black Friday window open?
About two weeks before Black Friday. The 2025 window ran November 13 to 28, the 2024 window from about November 15 to 29, and the 2023 window closed in the last week of November. For 2026 that points to November 12 or 13, and the tracker above is checked daily from November 10 so the opening date lands here the morning it appears.
This page gets a dated line for every price change from November 20 through Cyber Monday, November 30, and the hardware categories are on the Black Friday deals for video editors page. For an editor, Resolve Studio at $236 is the one software price on this list that waiting for Black Friday does not improve.
